Jim Schaefer

Jim Schaefer

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  • 2011 - 2018
    • waves
    • sunrise
    • reflections
    • landscapes
  • 2001 - 2010
    • beaches
    • Glovers Reef
    • Hatteras
    • bathers
  • 1981 - 2000
    • snorkelers
    • underwater
    • bathers
  • 1975 - 1980
    • bathers
    • other
  • 1967 - 1974
    • school 1
    • original oceans
    • abstract expressionist
    • school 2
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Before Sunrise
2018
acrylic
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$250
9 x 12

This series started off with a bunch of color studies and developed into a series of almost minimalist paintings. The theory is that if you create a horizontal band of colors across the painting, color relationships alone will determine representation. Whether one band looks like sky, another like sea, and another like sand is a product of color relationships alone. Good drawing can be an impediment to good painting. Relying too heavily on drawing in figuration can be a crutch when afraid to let color create images.

all images ©️ Jim Schaefer

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